@Dunkman wrote:I will tag @CalgaryBen. Not sure if he is around these days.
Might want to consider getting the $15 plan with 250 mb of data each month. Unlimited texts, incoming Canada minutes and 100 outgoing minutes.
Yep, tag me and I'll usually check out the thread. I haven't been around much since the forum seems to be doing fine with the participants present, so no need for me to be superfluous!
You're exactly right. iPhone-to-iPhone is generally going to be on iMessage... so the sender trying to communicate with @kenholman007's wife is undoubtedly an iPhone user, sending via iMessage.
It's generally unrealistic for an iPhone user to ask all his/her senders to send via SMS only (and not use iMessage), so you're exactly right... adding a data-including plan is the easiest and most practical solution here.
(As an aside, on one of my phones with the $10 plan (i.e. no data), I've either bought data add-ons in the past, or stretched PM's generous data add-on promos to basically support iMessage. iMessage doesn't really use much data, unless messages contain lots of video/pictures. An alternative, if I really wanted to live without the data plan, is to completely disable iMessage on the phone (ref: https://selfsolve.apple.com/deregister-imessage/ -- doing both parts, even if you have your iPhone)).
Basically, @kenholman007's wife's iPhone registered her phone number on Apple's servers identifying itself as iMessage capable. When a message is initiated from any iPhone (with iMessage enabled), it will query Apple's servers to see if it's an iMessage capable device, and if so, bubble turns blue and message is queued through iMessage servers; if not, bubble turns green and is forwarded through carrier's SMS service. Hence, de-registering (removing the phone number) from Apple's iMessage servers should tell the world of iPhone users that it isn't an iMessage eligible recipient, and the problem should be solved.
Of course, with a plan like the $10 plan, which meters SMS (50 outgoing/month), you become limited with the number you can send, so one problem might create another, depending on how you use your device and your needs...
